Type-writer cabinet



(No Model.) I 2 SheetsSheet 1. G. H. TYLER.

TYPE WRITER CABINET. No. 410,470. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

G. H. TYLER.

TYPE WRITER CABINET.

No. 410,470. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. TYLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TYPE-WRITER CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,470, datedSeptember 3, 1889.

Application filed September 26, 1888. Serial No. 286,413. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES H. TYLER, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inType-lVriter Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is aperspective view of my improved cabinet in position for use as a desk.Fig. II is an enlarged perspective view of one of the jointed arms orbars. Fig. III is a similar view of the hinge-rod. Fig. IV is a verticaltransverse section through the cabinet, showing the type-writer loweredinto position for use. Fig. V is a similar view showing the type-writerin non-using position. Fig. V1 is an enlarged detail View showing thereceptacle for receiving the type-writer and showing the type-writer inits non-using position. Fig. VII is a similar view showing the generaloutline of a Remington typewriter, a Oaligraph being shown in the otherfigures. Fig. VIII is a detail view showing the return-arm.

My invention relates to certain improvements in type-writer desks orcabinets; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the body of the desk or cabinet;2, its table; 3, side cupboards, and 4 a central receptacle locatedbetween the cupboards 3.

5 represents the central portion of the table, which is brought intoline with the parts 2 for use as a desk when the machine is moved tonon-using position, and which falls to a lower elevation as the machineis brought into using position.

6 represents a door to the receptacle 4. This forms the base or supportfor the machine 7, and to it the machine is secured by suitable clamps8.

A receptacle similar to that shown at a of this application is shown,described, and claimed in an application filed by me 011 the 19th day ofJuly, 1887, Serial No. 244:,74A, the difierence between the device shownin this application and that shown in the application this is to preventthe tipping over of the carriage of the type-writer when the door isclosed, thus avoiding the necessity of placing anything within thereceptacle that will prevent the tilting of the carriage, as when thedoor is closed the carriage will remain in its normal position. In casethe door should be closed with a slam, the carriage might tilt or turnon its hinge, and to meet contingencies of this kind I place Within thereceptacle an arm 9, which (when a Galigraph machine is used) is locatedas shown in Figs. IV, V, and VI, and which acts to receive the guard orclip 10 of the carriage. If the carriage should start to tip, the armwould cause it to fall back to its normal position. If a Remingtonmachine is used, the arm 9 will depend from the top of the receptacle,as shown in Fig. VII.

The door 6 has an extension 11, and to this one end of a torsion-spring12 is secured, the other end of the spring being made fast to the bodyof the cabinet, as shown at 13. This spring is double-actingthat is, asthe door, carrying with it the machine, is lowered into using position,or into the position shown in Fig. IV, the spring pulls upon the lowerend 11 of the door, counteracting the weight of the machine and lettingthe door down gently. Then, as the door closes, the spring pulls on thelower end 11, causing the door to close gently. As the door is openedthe spring is expanded beyond its normal length, and as the door isclosed the spring contracts and then expands to give the effectdescribed. The door is hinged to a rod 14 by means of brackets 15, whichare made fast to the door at their upper ends, and which have eyesfitting loosely on the rod 1 1. The rod is socured to the inner walls 16of the part1 of the desk by means of clips 17, through which it passes,and which are secured to the walls 16, and the ends of the rod passthrough the walls and have nuts 18 on their outer ends, which serve toconnect the respective walls 16 together and hold them from movement,and thus insure an equal distance between the walls at all times for theparts to work in. As stated, the bracket-hinges 15 fit loosely on therod 14, and the object of this is to allow the door to shift slightly ineither direction laterally, so that it will never bind between the top 2of the desk as it is raised or lowered. Should it have a tendency tobind on one side or edge, the hinges will slip on the rods and relievethis binding. The central part 5 of the table is made with a joint or intwo parts hinged together at 19. Secured to the inner part are arms orplates 20, which preferably extend slightly beyond the joint, as shownin Figs. IV and V. To the outer ends of these arms are hinged at 21 armsor plates 22. The outer ends of the arms or plates 22 are connected by astrip 23. (See Figs. II, IV, and V.) On the outer ends of the arms 22are projections 33. These projections fit and bear on brackets 24,(forming inclined ways) secured to the walls 16 of the desk. The upperends of these inclined ways are made with a short horizontal portion 25,(see Fig. IV,) in which the projections rest when the part 5 of the topof the desk is raised to using position, or, in other words, when thedoor 6 is closed. The innerportion of the part 5 of the top is rigidlysecured to the door 6. It will thus be seen that as the dooris openedthe innerportion of the part 5 of the top will be turned downward fromthe position shown in Fig. V to the position shown in Fig. IV. Thiscauses the outer ends of the arms 22 to be drawn slightly inward,releasing the projections from the horizontal portions 25 of theinclined ways, and then, as the door is further opened, the projectionsslide downwardly on the inclined ways, allowing the outer portion of thetop to fall to the position shown in Fig. IV, where it is received byrubber bumpers 26, secured to the brackets 24. As the door 6 is closedthe inner portion of the top 5 is raised in the direction indicated bythe arrowin Fig. IV, and this causes the arms 20 and 22 to be broughtinto line, the projections 33 riding upward on the inclined ways. As theprojections thus travel upward on the inclined ways the arms 22 comeagainst the outer part of the top 5 and lift it into line with the part2 of the top. I prefer to secure springs 27 to the arms 22, which bearagainst the outer part of the top 5, instead of the arms bearingdirectly against the part, and to compensate for any slight wear thatthere may be of the springs upon the wood of the part I place set-screws28 through the outer ends of the arms, and which jam against the undersides of the springs 27. By turning these set-screws the free ends ofthe springs may be adjusted upwardly to compensate for such wear. Itwill thus be seen that with this improved con struction the part 5 ofthe top of the door will be lowered (as the door 6 is opened) beneaththe line of the part 2 of the top, thus allowing the door 6 to bebrought on a lower elevation than the top 2 for convenience in operatingthe machine. Then, as the door is closed, the part 5 of the top isbrought into line with the part 2 to make a complete and continuous topfor use as a desk.

By the use of the brackets 15-it will be observed that the door 6 willbe thrown forward asit is openedthat is to say, the connection at 30,Fig. IV, between the bracket-hinges and the door will move on the arc ofa circle, of which the rod 14 is the center, from the position shown inFig. V to the position shown in Fig. IV. This throws the door forward,and brings the machine over the lap of the operator.

To better illustrate the forward movement of the door 6 in the presentmachine, as contradistinguished from the movement of the door shown inmy aforesaid application, an arc of a circle has been dotted in in Fig.IV, showing the curve in which the outer edge 31 of the door would movewere the latter connected at 32 by the usual hinges on which it moves asa fixed center; but it will be seen from said figure that the outer edgeof the door, when it is hinged by the devices now shown and described,will be caused to move forward away from the dotted are, or on a curvewhich has no center-21 a, itwill move eccentrically.

I claim as my. invention- 1. In atype-writer cabinet, the combination ofa receptacle and a door for the receptacle which serves as a base orsupport for the machine when the latter is in using position, said doorbeing on a forward incline when closed, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. I

2. In a typewriter cabinet, the combination of a receptacle forreceiving the machine when not in use, a door to the receptacle whichserves as a base or support for the machine when the latter is in use,and a doubleacting spring connecting the door to a fixed object,substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 3. In atype-writercabinet, the combination of a receptacle for receiving the machine whennot in use, a door to the receptacle which serves as a base or supportfor the machine when the latter is in use, a lower extension on thedoor, and a double-acting spring secured by one end to the extension ofthe door and by the other to the body of the cabinet, substantially asand for the purpose set which serves as a base or support for themachine when the latter is in using posit-ion, a table secured to thedoor and made in two portions hinged together, arms 20 and 22, andbrackets 24, forming inclined ways having horizontal extensions 25,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination of a receptacle forreceiving the machine when not in use, a door to the receptacle whichforms a base or'support for the machine when the latter is in usingposition, a table secured to the door, arms 20 and 22, inclined Ways forreceiving the outer ends of the arms, springs 27, and set-screws 28,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a type-writer cabinet, the combination of a receptacle forreceiving the machine when not in use, a door to the receptacle whichserves as a base or support for the machine when the latter is in usingposition, a jointed table secured to the door, arms 20 and 22, hingedtogether, connecting-bar 23, securing the bars 22 together, projections33 on the outer ends of the arms 22, and brackets 24, forming inclinedways, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a type-Writer cabinet, the combination of the receptacle forreceiving the machine when not in use, a door to the receptacle whichserves as a base or support for the machine when the latter is in usingposition, a jointed table secured to the door, arms 20, arms 22, pivotedto the latter, brackets 24, and stops 26, fixed to the brackets,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES H. TYLER.

In presence of-- GEO. II. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT.

